Pascal Cotat, Sancerre, Monts Damnes

The best descriptor for Cotat is the anti Dagueneau, or on a more positive tone, Cotat is the Raveneau from the Loire. And such naming does not give any disservice to this great domaine, run by Pascal Cotat, a great viticulturist, and a great winemaker, who deserves justice, as his wines in its infancy are always too rich, too oaky, with the tropical fruits/coconut/vanilin flavors associated with ripe sauvignon fermented in barrel, but very much like young Raveneau which is …

2011 vintage

My last bottle. I think this was much improved with additional age. Lots of citrus and minerality with a creamy texture in the mid-palate. It had long finish and showed quite well with some broiled white flesh fish. Some sweet floral elements that belie the stony dryness of the wine that still finishes succulent.

2011 vintage

Really nice minerality and texture with balanced finish.

2011 vintage

Une grande réussite dans ce millésime difficile. Ample, texturé, sur la tarte à la lime et miel. L’acidité est étonnamment présente et apporte fraîcheur, un vin de bouffe qui s’est merveilleusement accordé avec la coquille St-Jacques.

2011 vintage

This was incredibly improved, very deep, mineral, incredible structure, very long finish, superb wine

2011 vintage

after a couple hours open this showed wonderful notes of integrated orchard fruit/lemon and honeysuckle, great body with viscous finish. Acid levels were perfect for me. Just lovely now.

2011 vintage

A little hot and blows, with lychee and tropical fruits. Decent acidity to offset things, but a bit four-square for me.

2009 vintage

a multi-dimensional wine that will challenge how you think Sancerre tastes -- this has the honeyed (but not sweet) note of Savennieres, the minerality of Vouvray, and the citrus of Sancerre coming in third; a long, very good wine that is like a Loire Valley greatest-hits collection

2009 vintage

NR Over the hill. Oxidized.

2009 vintage

My high score here reflects that fact that this is a great wine from great terroir. Cool and lemony on the nose. Not a ton of acid but not at all flabby. Expansive in the mouth - very stony / lemony and clearly SB. All of this said, I think I'm just not that into Sancerre.

2011 vintage

Les Monts Damnes and mature White Bordeaux : Quite elegant, crispy but vegetal, fennel and cat's piss on the nose. Young, but enjoyable now.

2011 vintage

Beautiful drink. Very pure with lively stone fruit and freshness in abundance. At its peak?

2011 vintage

Nose of fennel, lychee, flowers, lilly of the valley. Some bitterness of lime and grapefruit on the palate as well as gooseberies, Some bitterness on the finish as well as long herbal note. One can feel the oak, this is not as crunchy as a generic Sancerre, medium accidity. Finish is off-dry. More mineral than the Grande Cote of the same year. Very good if you like the style.

2011 vintage

This was pretty good, but only pared in comparison to same vineyard from Francois Cotat in 2010 drank recently. Good straw color and lemon/citrus on nose and on the palate. It just didn't have the same luscious fruit / acidity tension as the other one did. If you like more stony versions of Sancerre, this might be your preference to be fair.

2011 vintage

Terrific and complex. Haunting finish. Years of life left too.

2009 vintage

A business lunch (Restaurant Aan de Poel **, Amstelveen, NL) : Not decanted this time. Incredibly smooth and harmonious for such a young wine, a miracle of elegance, nothing out of place, only vignerons like Raveneau of Cotat seem to be able to achieve this; touch of fennel again in evidence.

2011 vintage

A business lunch (Restaurant Aan de Poel **, Amstelveen, NL) : Decanted. Very similar to my previous note. Not very communicative yet, but wonderfully balanced and harmonious, silky, with calm acidity and just a hint of honey to round things out. Its minerally depths remain hidden for the time being. Should last 10 - 15 years.

2011 vintage

A business dinner (Restaurant Aan de Poel **, Amstelveen, NL) : Extremely youthful, fennel, flowers, rounded and seamless but tightly wound, hints of spice and liquorice; from the depths, flavours of citrus fruit and gooseberry emerge, good mineral core; very good length.

2011 vintage

Pnp. Pale lemon in color. Initially on opening the nose was rather muted but given time it really opened up and displayed melon, pear, spice and floral notes. Dry, leaning to Off-Dry the texture was silky soft, round in the mouth with a nice lingering finish. Curious how this will evolve since it certainly presents itself quite well currently.

2011 vintage

Well this is a beauty. Tight right now, needing just a touch of time but still amazing.

2011 vintage

Drank at BBR Loire Wine dinner Fabulously complex and "old-style" Sancerre, more depth of expression that standard overly grassy Sauvignon Blanc

2009 vintage

A very complex sauvignon blanc. Honeyed notes dominate rather than the grass and grapefruit we often expect. tastes like a dry chenin blanc from further down the river. Great with chevre and balsamic vinegar over arugula.

2009 vintage

Nez un peu timide, pomme verte et miel, mais bouche impressionnante, citronnée, très dense, longue, minérale et tranchante. Finale sur l’amertume, Je n'y vois aucun excès, malgré le millésime chaud, qui se manifeste uniquement dans une certaine opulence du fruit. Un grand sancerre selon moi, promis à un bel avenir.

2009 vintage

Ripe, full, with citrus and tropical fruits. But dancing in and out of my range of perception is a hint of damp cardboard. I go back and forth, but eventually conclude this is mildly corked (don't think anyone else agreed).

2009 vintage

Austere on the nose and the palate.

2009 vintage

Ripe, full, forward, with citrus and mineral notes, nice length. B+

2009 vintage

ripe forward version, tensile and minerally under the fruit, doesn't convince the SB haters

2009 vintage

Pretty much as Dale described; full of fresh grapefruit and chalky minerality - liked this quite a lot (certainly much more enjoyable and drinking better than the '07 I had recently).

2009 vintage

2009 Sancerres Blindtasted (Tom's House, Palo Alto, California) : Group's #9 (my #9) – 76 pts.; 0, 0, 0, 6 - light yellow color; odd, very high pitched, grapefruit pulp, tart lime, minerally nose; intense, tart grapefruit, very tart gooseberry, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points

2009 vintage

I was served this more or less blind, and initially guessed Chenin Blanc. Right region, wrong grape, but it is a beautiful cross in many ways between a typical Vouvray and Sancerre, with great depth of complex flavors, strong minerality, and excellent overall balance. There is more floral character than grassiness, which is very attractive to my tastes. A lovely wine, which will probably improve with several years, but drinks beautifully right now.

2009 vintage

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